Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypt whole disk or just home dir?

2010-05-12 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thursday 13 May 2010 01:10:44 John Stevenson wrote: > If you have a laptop hard drive that often contains sensitve personal data > or is used for any kind of business or holds information that needs to be > covered under the data protection act, then it advisable to have the whole > system encry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Rob, On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:28:32PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > I guess in say the case of eBuyer.com you could send an eNote, but they > might turn round and say that they can't guarantee compatibility (at > least that was the case back in 2003 when I worked at eBuyer, I was told > not to

[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2010-05-12 Thread red
I am wanting to get organised in life and so hey I should use my laptop. In my Ubuntu (latest version) I have a calendar next to my clock and also a calender in Thunderbirds and a google calender. This selection is ace but can I integrate all the info on one into the other calendars?# Than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypt whole disk or just home dir?

2010-05-12 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Tony Arnold wrote: > I'm seeking advice and wisdom! > > My laptop is currently fully encrypted. It has a partition that contains > a crypt that contains some logical volumes that contain all file systems > except /boot > > It occurs to me I might be better off jus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypt whole disk or just home dir?

2010-05-12 Thread John Stevenson
On 12 May 2010 23:11, Tony Arnold wrote: > I'm seeking advice and wisdom! > > My laptop is currently fully encrypted. It has a partition that contains > a crypt that contains some logical volumes that contain all file systems > except /boot > > It occurs to me I might be better off just encryptin

[ubuntu-uk] Encrypt whole disk or just home dir?

2010-05-12 Thread Tony Arnold
I'm seeking advice and wisdom! My laptop is currently fully encrypted. It has a partition that contains a crypt that contains some logical volumes that contain all file systems except /boot It occurs to me I might be better off just encrypting my home directory. I think this might improve perf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-12 Thread Rob Beard
On 12/05/10 22:03, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote: >> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on >> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you >> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote: > Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on > there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you > cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it > listed her

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-12 Thread TT Mooney
>> I have a budget of around ?300 for a media box which will be directly >> connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something like >> Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good and >> then install Lucid. > >That's exactly the hardware I was going to r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-12 Thread Markie
Well, how did the visit to PC world go? :-) On 11 May 2010 17:31, Dave Smith wrote: > I work in an independent store. We would definitely – but I am going to > PC world tonight just to find out, heheh!! > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https: